- 1. What makes "Hamlet" a tragedy?
A) B. It deals with serious and somber themes.
B) A. It ends with the death of the main character
C) C. It is set during a time of war and political unrest.
D) D. It is primarily a comedy with tragic elements.
- 2. 202. In Macbeth, we see Macbeth’s downfall caused by ______. ***Actual March 2012 LET
A) C. an unfair plot against his life
B) D. a naturally blood-thirsty disposition
C) supernatural intervention
D) B. overwhelming ambition for power
- 3. What is the real name of Mark Twain, the author of two of the Great American Novels of the 19th century—The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? ***Actual March 2017 LET
A) D. Vachel Lindsey
B) C. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
C) A. William Cullen Bryant
D) B. Sidney Lanier
- 4. 204. The lines of the poem below describe Africa as a land that is ____________.
AFRICA
By: David Diop
Africa, my Africa
Africa of proud warriors
In ancestral savanna
Africa of whom my grandmother sings
A) A. Free and beautiful
B) C. War town and undeveloped
C) D. Primitive and uncivilized
D) B. Mysterious and unexplored
- 5. A novel written by Mongo Beti is a stark revelation of the deception, hypocrisy, blasphemy, and moral decadence that characterize a small village set in colonial Cameroon, a microcosm of Africa, brimming with
Catholic missionaries. What is the title of this novel?
A) A. The Houseboy
B) C. The River Between
C) B. The Poor Christ of Bombay
D) D. Heirs to the Past
- 6. Who was the earliest interpreter of the philosophy of Taoism? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) A. Lao-Tzu
B) C. Lieh Tzu
C) B. Chuang Tzu
D) D. Lui An
- 7. Which of the following lines from the poem “Vulture” by Chinua Achebe represents a miserable or
bleak scene? ***Actual September 2023 LET
“In the grayness
And drizzle of one despondent
Dawn unstirred by harbingers
Of sun break a vulture
Perching high on
Broken bones a dead tree…”
A) C. in the grayness
B) D. broken bones and a dead tree
C) B. of sun break a vulture
D) A. dawn unstirred by harbingers
- 8. What is the title of the collected sayings of Confucius which contain truth about social relations between and among family members?
A) A. The Analects
B) B. The Great Learning
C) D. The Way
D) C. The Doctrine of the Mean
- 9. Of the Five Classics, which describes ancient rites, social forms, and court ceremonies?
A) A. Book of Changes
B) C. Book of Poetry
C) D. Spring and Autumn Annals
D) B. Book of Rites
- 10. Who is the Chinese leader whose essays and poems depicted totalitarian rule in China and advocated a revolutionary government? ***Actual August 2014 LET/September 2015 LET
A) D. Sun Yat-sen
B) A. Chiang Kai-shek
C) B. Mao Zedong
D) C. Jiang Qing
- 11. According to Confucius, what is the best way to rule people and attain harmony? ***Actual March 2012 LET “If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?”
A) A. by force
B) C. by moral example
C) D. by allowing people to do as they please
D) B. by consulting the governed
- 12. Which of the following is a classic work of Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu? It is sometimes called the world's first true novel, the first modern novel, or the first psychological novel. ***Actual March 2013 LET
A) B. Tale of Genji
B) D. Tale of the Heike
C) C. Tale of Flowering Fortunes
D) A. A Collection of Tales from Uji
- 13. Japanese folktale entitled The Story of the Aged Mother speaks about the following EXCEPT one. Which is the exception?
A) A. The fate of the common people under a despot is grim.
B) D. It is an exhibit of the saying: with a crown of snow, there cometh wisdom.
C) C. The daimyo’s unreasonable order is seemingly a boast of his power
D) B. A citizen’s disobedience towards a cruel mandate ends tragically
- 14. What is dominantly tackled in “Say It with Flowers” by Toshio Mori?
A) A servants being treated by bosses
B) C. managing a flower shop business
C) B. people being able to communicate with flowers
D) D. businessmen fooling their clients and customers
- 15. He is known as the “Indian Shakespeare” and the brightest of the “Navaratnas” (Nine Gems) in Emperor Chandragupta II’s court. Who is he? *** Actual March 2013 LET
A) C. Valmiki
B) A. Bhasa
C) D. Vyasa
D) B. Kalidasa
- 16. The Gitanjali is a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. What is the English translation of the title? *** Actual August 2014 LET
A) C. Song of Freedom
B) B. Song Offerings
C) D. Song of Songs
D) A. Song for the Least
- 17. What literary device was predominantly used in the Arabian Nights?
A) C. deus ex machine
B) B. frame story
C) D. verisimilitude
D) A. allegory
- 18. This is Chinua Achebe’s magnum opus and the most widely read book in modern African literature. It
recounts the story of Okonkwo, a yam farmer who lives during the colonization of Nigeria, and focuses on the corruption that is rampant in African societies. This novel is the first of The African Trilogy. What is the title of the novel?
A) A. A Man of the People
B) D. Things Fall Apart
C) B. No Longer at Ease
D) C. Arrow of God
- 19. Who is the Nigerian poet and playwright who is the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature? His novels include “The Interpreters” and “Season of Anomy.”
A) D. Wole Soyinka
B) A. Bernard Dadie
C) C. David Diop
D) B. Nelson Mandela
- 20. Who is this South African leader who is an anti-apartheid revolutionary and considered the “Father of the Nation”? He wrote “Long Walk to Freedom.”
A) A. Bernard Dadie
B) D. Wole Soyinka
C) C. David Diop
D) B. Nelson Mandela
- 21. Which Indian literary work depicts Hindu beliefs and forms of social organization, karma theory, wifehood ideals, and attitudes about caste, honor, and promises? It consists of over 24,000 couplets divided into seven books.
A) D. Pachatranta
B) A. Mahabharata
C) B. Ramayana
D) C. Bhagavad-Gita
- 22. Which of the following works narrates the story of a king who goes hunting and meets a beautiful
maiden who becomes his wife? It further relates the king and his wife’s separation and eventual unification.
A) A. Dhammapaba
B) D. Tripitaka
C) B. Shakuntala
D) C. Panchatantra
- 23. Who is the Indian author whose works concern the struggles of contemporary Indians with conflicting Eastern and Western values?
A) A. Kamala Markandaya
B) B. R. K. Narayan
C) C. Prem Chand
D) D. Anita Desai
- 24. This era in ancient Chinese civilization is also known as the “Hundred Schools Period” because of the many competing philosophers and teachers who emerged, the most influential among them being Lao Tzu and Confucius.
A) B. T’ang Dynasty
B) C. Chou Dynasty
C) A. Shang Dynasty
D) D. Ch’in Dynasty
- 25. He is called the “father of the modern Chinese short story” because of his introduction of Western
techniques.
A) A. Chou-Shu-jen
B) C. Tu Fu
C) D. Wang Wei
D) B. Li Ch’ing-chao
- 26. One of the features of African oral literature that served foremost as memory aids for griots and other storytellers. It also creates rhythm, builds suspense, and adds emphasis to parts of the poem or narrative.
A) B. tonal assonance
B) D. call-and-response format
C) A. repeat-and-vary technique
D) C. repetition and parallel structure
- 27. He is the leading figure of the Negritude movement. ***Actual March 2023 LET
A) D. David Diop
B) B. Dennis Brutus
C) C. Wole Soyinka
D) A. Leopold Senghor
- 28. Train Journey by Dennis Brutus
Along the miles of steel
That span my land
Threadbare children stand
Knees ostrich bulbous on their reedy legs,
Their empty hungry hands
Lifted as if in a prayer.
What does “miles of steel/ than span my land”’ mean? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) C. Ruling leaders of the land
B) A. Progressive and civilized areas of the land
C) D. Existence of train in the land
D) B. Strength of the people
- 29. Train Journey by Dennis Brutus
Along the miles of steel
That span my land
Threadbare children stand
Knees ostrich bulbous on their reedy legs,
Their empty hungry hands
Lifted as if in a prayer.
What does the poem Train Journey by Dennis Brutus mean? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) C. Children’s survival from hunger
B) A. Poverty amidst industrial progress
C) D. Scarcity of food for the children
D) B. Scarcity of industrial materials for the train
- 30. Train Journey by Dennis Brutus
Along the miles of steel
That span my land
Threadbare children stand
Knees ostrich bulbous on their reedy legs,
Their empty hungry hands
Lifted as if in a prayer.
What does the “ostrich” symbolize based on the poem Train Journey by Dennis Brutus?***Actual September 2023 LET
A) D. Victims
B) B. Workers
C) A. Children
D) C. Developers
- 31. It is a satirical poem written by Wole Soyinka about a black man seeking the landlady’s permission to him in her lodging house. The poetic dialogue reveals the landlady’s deep-rooted prejudice against the colored people as the caller plays up to it.
A) B. Telephone Conversation
B) A. Train Journey
C) D. Song of Lawino
D) C. Africa
- 32. What is the theme of this African proverb:
“On the way to one’s beloved, there are no hills.”? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) A. Real love knows no boundaries.
B) D. True love is tested by difficulties
C) C. Obstacles make a relationship strong.
D) B. Sacrifice is the gauge of true love.
- 33. Who is the South African novelist and short story writer whose major themes are exile and alienation and who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991?
A) A. Bessie Head
B) B. Barbara Kimenye
C) C. Nadine Gordimer
D) D. Ousmane Sembene
- 34. What is the theme of “Hansel and Gretel?” ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) A. resourcefulness and inventiveness in confronting challenging conditions
B) D. imagination, courage versus cowardice, maternal love, and preserving memory
C) B. love and friendship, fate and free will, and honor
D) C. courage, good versus evil, loyalty, generosity, reputation, and the heroic code
- 35. Who is the famous author of "Peter Pan," a beloved work of children's literature from the Edwardian Era? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) D. Kenneth Grahame
B) B. J.M. Barrie
C) C. Beatrix Potter
D) A. Lewis Carroll
- 36. In Edwardian children's literature, E. Nesbit is known for her magical stories where children discover enchanted objects granting them wishes. What is the title of one of her famous works that features such a theme? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) B. "Five Children and it"
B) C. "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
C) D. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”
D) A. "Peter Pan"
- 37. . What is the term for a type of teenagers' literature that explores the challenges and emotional struggles faced by young people, often dealing with issues like identity, relationships, and self-discovery?
A) A. Adventure novels.
B) B. Historical fiction
C) D. Biographies
D) C. Realistic fiction
- 38. Which famous children's author from the Edwardian Era is known for her tales featuring anthropomorphic animals in charming, British countryside settings? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) D. Kenneth Grahame
B) A. Lewis Carroll
C) B. Beatrix Potter
D) C. J.M. Barrie
- 39. . In A. A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories, many of the characters are embodied by anthropomorphic
toys. Each toy's personality and quirks seem perfectly aligned with their physical form. Which character's personality and actions are MOST demonstrably connected to their specific toy animal representation? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) Piglet, the timid piglet, who is easily startled and hesitant, mirroring the skittish nature of real pigiets.
B) Tigger, the energetic tiger, whose bouncing and boisterous personality reflects the playful and bouncy nature of real tigers.
C) Rabbit, the meticulously organized rabbit, whose obsession with schedules and order closely resembles the busy tendencies of rabbits.
D) Eeyore, the gloomy donkey, whose long ears always seem droopy and whose demeanor reflects his pessimistic outlook.
- 40. What era was “Peter Pan” was written? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) A. Edwardian Period
B) C. Medieval Period
C) B. Victorian Period
D) D. Classical Period
- 41. The following are children and adolescent literature genres based on format, except.
A) A. Graphic novels
B) D. Transformational books
C) C. Picture books
D) B. Verse novels
- 42. In the story "The Little Prince," what does the rose symbolizes? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) C. love, shame, guilt
B) B. love, beauty, masculinity
C) A. love, beauty, feminist
D) D. love, destiny, marriage
- 43. It was considered the Golden Age of children's literature between the 18th and 19th centuries. ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) D. Shakespearean Era
B) B. Victorian Period
C) A. Renaissance Period
D) C. Edwardian Period
- 44. . The 20th century was known for the production of picture storybooks and the personification of toy animals, one of it is? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) D. The Hobbit
B) C. Winnie the Pooh
C) B. The Lord of the Rings
D) A. The Charlotte's Web
- 45. Matsuo Basho's "The Old Pond," Kobayashi Issa's "A World of Dew," Natsume Soseki's "Over the Windtry," and Ravi Shankra's "Lines on a Skull" are examples of _______?
A) C. nursery rhymes
B) B. haiku
C) A. limerick
D) D. calligram poems
- 46. "The Charlotte Web" by E.B. White is a classic adventure featuring a definitive animal fantasy. What era in literature was it published?
A) D. The 18th Century
B) C. The 20th Century
C) B. The Edwardian Era
D) A. The Victorian Age
- 47. It is considered the oldest Anglo-Saxon epic poem that can be traced back to 975–1025 AD.
A) C. Ramayana
B) A. Epic of Gilgamesh
C) D. Illiad and Oddysey
D) B. Beowulf
- 48. Yearly, the Banned Book Week lists Top-10 Challenged Books based on the number of complaints raised against the literature over the years. The list also indicates the challenge of concern raised against each book of literature. The following is the list for the year 2020, except ____.
A) C. George
B) B. Of Mice and Men
C) D. The Reddest Eye
D) A. To Kill a Mockingbird
- 49. This strategy teaches the student to decipher explicit and implicit information on the materials that they are reading.
A) B. monitoring
B) A. activating
C) D. inferring
D) C. clarifying
- 50. A story about a pig named Wilbur and his barn friend spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur was about to be slaughtered by his farmer owner for Christmas, he was saved by his spider friend.
A) C. Charlotte Web
B) D. The Fox and the Grapes
C) A. Peter Pan
D) B. Winnie the Pooh
- 51. Which literary period of children's literature used heroic Bible stories and adventures to spread Catholic teaching?
A) A. Renaissance
B) B. Medieval
C) D. Victorian
D) C. 20th century
- 52. Which author wrote books that reflected the characteristics of children's literature during the 18th century?
A) B. Lewis Carroll
B) D. J. M. Barrie
C) C. Edward Lear
D) A. John Newberry
- 53. What time period does the emergence of chapbooks fall under? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) B. Renaissance Period
B) C. The 18th and early 19th Century
C) D. Classical World of Greek and Roman.
D) A. Middle Age
- 54. Which literary period of children's literature was Roman and Greek literature reintroduced?
A) B. The 18 Century
B) C. The Edwardian Era
C) A. Classical Period
D) D. Renaissance Period
- 55. Every year, the Philippines proclaims National Children's Book Day on what day?
A) D. Third Tuesday of July
B) C. Third Tuesday of June
C) A. Second Tuesday of June
D) B. Second Tuesday of July
- 56. It is defined as literature written after World War II through the present day.
A) C. Contemporary Popular Literature
B) A. Popular Literature
C) B. Emergent Literature
D) D. Contemporary Literature
- 57. Which contemporary literature is described as enthralling and dazzlingly innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past?
A) A. The Poisoned Bible
B) B. Beloved
C) C. To Kill a Mocking Bird
D) D. The Kite Runner
- 58. What analysis method would be best suited to investigating the depiction of gender roles and power relations in Charlotte Bronte's work "Jane Eyre"?
A) C. Feminism
B) A. Psychoanalysis
C) B. Marxism
D) D. Formalism
- 59. Which Nigerian-American author of "Americanah" and "We Should All Be Feminists" is known for her explorations of race, gender, and identity?
A) C. Zadie Smith
B) A. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
C) D. Roxane Gay
D) B. Yaa Gyasi
- 60. Which of the following popular literary works would be best suited to teaching learners about the effects of war on people and societies?
A) A. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
B) D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
C) B. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) C. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 61. Julian Barnes, the British author of "The Sense of an Ending" and "Atonement," is known for literary works that include _____.
A) A. explorations of Jewish-American identity and popular culture
B) D. explorations of history, race, and injustice
C) B. explorations of modern love, relationships, and social class
D) C. explorations of memory, identity, and the subjectivity of truth
- 62. How did World War II affect contemporary literature?
A) D. All of the themes after World War II became similar because of war narratives.
B) C. World War II caused a massive amount of literature to be written in a short amount of time.
C) B. World War II created modern literature, which in turn, created contemporary literature.
D) A. The violence of World War II caused people to shift their mindsets and question ideas such as human nature and truth.
- 63. It is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format.
A) A. Adventure Literature.
B) C. Mystery fiction
C) B. Classic Literature
D) D. Graphic novel
- 64. In which novel do characters explore the complexities of modern relationships and the impact of social and economic backgrounds on their lives?
A) B. "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead
B) D. "Her Body and Other Parties" Carmen Maria
C) A. "Normal People" by Sally Rooney
D) C. "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
- 65. Which collection of short stories delves into the lives of immigrants and their struggles with identity, cultural displacement, and interpersonal connections?
A) D. "The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" Junot Díaz
B) B. "Her Body & Other Parties" Carmen Machado
C) A. "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
D) C. "The Circle" by Dave Eggers
- 66. Whose collection of essays explores the intricacies of empathy, pain, and our connections to others in an age of technological and emotional detachment?
A) C. Claudia Rankine
B) D. Rupi Kaur
C) B. Roxane Gay
D) A. Leslie Jamison
- 67. A literary movement that reacted against Romanticism, rejecting heroic, adventurous, unusual, or unfamiliar subjects.
A) A. Puritan Period
B) C. Realism
C) D. Modernism
D) B. Enlightenment Period
- 68. The following are themes that can be found in “The Hunger Games “ by Suzanne Collins EXCEPT _____.
A) C. Individualism
B) D. Immortality
C) A. The inequality between rich and poor
D) B. Suffering as entertainment
- 69. Which method of literary analysis focuses on the relationship between literature and society, particularly in terms of power and class?
A) D. New Criticism
B) A. Formalism
C) C. Psychoanalysis
D) B. Marxism
- 70. Which of the following literary works would be most relevant in teaching about the impact of societal expectations on individuals and their mental health?
A) B. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) A. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
C) C. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
D) D. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- 71. Which historical approach places the text as parallel to the relevant experiences of the author when the text was written? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) A. Sociological criticism
B) D. New Criticism
C) B. Biographical criticism
D) C. Psychological criticism
- 72. Which is known as the science of interpretation? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) C. Literary appreciation
B) D. Literary criticism
C) A. Hermeneutics
D) B. Textual exegesis
- 73. Which literary movement in the 19th century celebrated imagination, nature, and emotion, with poets like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge as key figures?
A) A. Romanticism
B) C. Classicism
C) D. Naturalism
D) B. Realism
- 74. Characteristics of literature during the Renaissance period except _____. ***Actual September 2023 LE
A) D. individualistic
B) C. superfluous
C) A. religious
D) B. humanistic
- 75. Which of the following is the sole concern of a New Critic?
A) A. the work itself
B) C. the author’s life
C) B. the reader’s response
D) D. the archetypes in the text
- 76. Which of the following approaches shows that there is a dynamic interaction between the text and the reader? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) A. Gender criticism
B) B. Reader-response criticism
C) D. Biographical criticism
D) C. Psychological criticism
- 77. What did Renaissance criticism grow directly from?
A) C. The exploration of new lands
B) B. The invention of the printing press
C) D. The rise of humanism
D) A. The recovery of classic texts
- 78. Who is frequently considered the first significant example of literary criticism?
A) B. Socrates
B) A. Aristotle
C) D. Homer
D) C. Plato
- 79. The heroes in classical tragedy are bound for physical defeat but moral victory. What usually causes
their defeat is an ordinary human failing. Shakespeare’s Hamlet is flawed with indecisiveness and Othello with gullibility. The titular character, Macbeth, is characterized by excessive pride. What literary term would mean excessive pride?
A) D. soliloquy
B) B. peripety
C) A. hamartia
D) C. hubris
- 80. Who responded to Plato's indictment by emphasizing what is normal and helpful about literary art?
A) B. Socrates
B) A. Aristotle
C) C. Thales
D) D. Alexander the Great
- 81. Who were banished from the hypothetical republic according to Plato?
A) A. Poets
B) D. Politicians
C) B. Philosophers
D) C. Scientists
- 82. Which of the following is TRUE about formalism?
A) C. It analyzes the work as a whole, the form of each individual part of the text from the individual scenes and chapters, elements, and literary devices.
B) A. It is concerned with the historical events outside of the story, cultural, and religious beliefs.
C) D. It focuses on the literary works as products of economic and ideological determinants of the specific era
D) B. It uses quick reading to get the main idea of the text and compare it with other related works.
- 83. According to Carl Jung, certain things can evoke a similar response among people of different races. This similar response is one of those which he calls as ____.
A) C. Collective Schema
B) D. Collective Thoughts
C) B. Unitypes
D) A. Archetypes
- 84. It can also be inferred that the powerlessness that Aunt Jennifer depicted in the poem in the hands of “uncle” is also true to the women during the author’s time. This statement comes from a _____
A) C. Feminist critic
B) B. Reader's Response critic
C) D. Historical-Biographical critic
D) A. Marxist critic
- 85. The fact that Young Goodman Brown “changed” from being a faithful and loving husband to a skeptic, gruesome, and lonesome being betrays everything he once stood for. Adopting a formalist standpoint, this shows that he is a _____.
A) D. Round character
B) B. Flat character
C) C. Static character
D) A. Dynamic character
- 86. Who among the following is associated with the New Criticism?
A) D. Carl Jung
B) A. Hippolyte Taine
C) B. John Crowe Ransom
D) C. Karl Marx
- 87. For Psychoanalytic critics, dreams are powerful catalysts for great ideas. Among the following, this is
illustrated by ______.
A) C. Robert Browning
B) A. John Milton
C) D. Edgar Allan Poe
D) B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 88. Formalism and Structuralism are literary theories that both lead to
A) A. a subjective textual interpretation
B) B. a scientific textual interpretation
C) C. an artistic textual interpretation
D) D. an intertextual interpretation
- 89. A second-language learner of English says statue for statue and filum for film. In the given scenario, what morphophonemic process adds a vowel at the beginning of the word or between the sounds? ***Actual March 2024 LET
A) D. Metathesis
B) B. Elision
C) A. Assimilation
D) C. Epenthesis
- 90. She is very very pretty. ***Actual September 2023 LET / Actual March 2024 LET
A) D. predication
B) C. reduplication
C) A. modification
D) B. complementation
- 91. What is the process called when 'go' becomes 'went?' ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) A. irregular tense
B) C. addition
C) D. suppletion
D) B. regular tense
- 92. How many years does a learner take to develop BICS? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) D. 2 to three months
B) A. 2 to 3 years
C) C. 6 months to 2 years
D) B. 4 to 5 years
- 93. What language nature describes language as primary made of verbal sounds produced by speech apparatus in the human body?
A) B. Language is arbitrary
B) C. Language is a system
C) A. Language is vocal
D) D. Language is socio-cultural
- 94. Mary thinks that she is the only girl who can sing the song. Obviously, “she” refers to Mary. What concept in referential semantics explains the italicized word? ***Actual September 2023 LET
A) B. Anaphora
B) A. Deixis
C) C. Co-reference
D) D. Prototype
- 95. Which of the following is a structure of modification in the sentence: She is very lucky woman to have received such a blessing.
A) C. to have
B) D. she is
C) A. a very lucky woman
D) B. received such
- 96. It is a word or phrase whose meaning depends on their context of use i.e. you, there.
A) B. presupposition
B) D. pronoun
C) A. entailment
D) C. deixis
- 97. Which group of linguistics who believed that language can be best described in terms of verifiable and observable data such as language behaviour and forms?
A) C. Interactionists
B) A. Transformationalists
C) B. Transactionists
D) D. Structuralists
- 98. What communicative competence is shown by Alex when in his speech he wanted to use the word 'rummage', but he could not think of it so he used 'thorough search' instead?
A) D. Sociolinguistic
B) A. Linguistic
C) B. Discourse
D) C. Strategic
- 99. When children start to explore their environment and intend to learn more about the world around them, they usually become very inquisitive and always throw questions. Which language function is
described?
A) C. Personal
B) D. Heuristic
C) A. Expressive
D) B. Imaginative
- 100. What is the smallest unit of linguistic meaning that is not further separable into smaller forms?
A) A. Morphology
B) D. Lexeme
C) B. Morpheme
D) C. Allomorph
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